Construction company accused of cutting trees in violation of Forest laws

A construction company responsible for the construction of the 14.5-km Zojila Tunnel has been accused of violation by cutting a number of trees without seeking permission from the concerned department.

The Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) allegedly cut down over 100 trees without seeking proper permission from the Forest department, taking it by surprise.

The officials of the Forest department said that the trees had been cut in forest area of Nilgrath village where the agency was constructing a road for the proposed Zojila tunnel.

However, the executing agency MEIL denied any such reports of violations and illegal felling of trees.

A senior official of MEIL said that they there had been no violations and the company had not cut down any trees illegally.